Mohéli
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|conventional_long_name = Autonomous Island of Mohéli{{Fact|date=March 2008}}
|common_name = Mohéli
|image_flag = Flag of Mohéli (official).svg
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|image_map = Mohéli in Comoros.png
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|official_languages = [[Comorian language|Comorian]] (Shimwali dialect), [[Arabic language|Arabic]], [[French language|French]]
|capital = [[Fomboni]]
|largest_city = capital
|government_type = Autonomous Island
|leader_title1 = [[President]]
|leader_name1 = [[Mohamed Ali Said]]
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|population_estimate = 38,000
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|population_census_year = 2003
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|currency = [[Comorian franc]]
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'''Mohéli''', also known as '''Mwali''', is one of the three islands which make up the nation of [[Comoros]]. Mohéli is located in the [[Indian Ocean]] off the coast of [[Africa]]. It is by far the smallest of the Comoros islands. Its population, as of [[2006]], is about 38,000. Its capital city is [[Fomboni]]. Its main ethnic group, as on the other Comoros islands [[Grande Comore]] and [[Anjouan]] as well as the French territory [[Mayotte]], is the Comorian ethnic group, a synthesis of [[Bantu]], [[Arab]], [[Malay people|Malay]] and [[Malagasy]] culture, and the main religion is [[Sunni Islam]].
==History==
[[Image:Moheli island map-general view-fr.svg|thumb|left|Map of Mohéli]]
[[Image:Flag of Mohéli.svg|thumb|left|Separatist flag]]
Until [[1830]] Mohéli was part of the [[Ndzuwenie Sultanate]] which also controlled [[Anjouan]], a neighbouring island. In 1830 migrants from [[Madagascar]] led by Ramanetaka, who later changed his name to Abderemane, took over the island and established the [[sultanate of Mwali]]. In [[1886]] [[France]] made the island a protectorate. Until [[1889]] Mwali had its own French [[Resident (title)#French colonial Residents|resident]], but the island was then subjugated to the residency of Anjouan. The sultanate was crushed in [[1909]] when the French annexed the island.
In [[1975]], Mohéli agreed to join the Comoros nation, along with [[Grande Comore]] and Anjouan. Political, economic and social turmoil affected Mohéli and the Comoros in general. On [[11 August]] [[1997]], Mohéli seceded from the Comoros, just a week after Anjouan had done so. Mohéli's secessionist leaders were [[Said Mohamed Soefu]] who became [[President]], and [[Soidri Ahmed]], who became [[Prime Minister]]. Mohéli quietly rejoined Comoros in [[1998]]. In [[2002]], Mohéli ratified the new Comorian constitution, which provided for a less centralized federal government and more power to the island governments. It helped settle continuing political turmoil on Comoros and continuing secessionism on Anjouan. Also in 2002, [[Mohamed Said Fazul]] was elected President. His supporters won most seats in Mohéli's delegation to Parliament in the legislative elections of 2004.
[[Image:Stamp Moheli 1906 2c.jpg|right|120px|thumb|Postage stamps were issued for Mohéli briefly under French rule; this 2-centime value dates from 1906.]]
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